prosecution

/ˌprɑs·ɪˈkju·ʃən/ n [C/U]

Definition

› the act of officially accusing someone of committing an illegal act, esp. by bringing a case against that person in a court of law: [U] She was granted full immunity from prosecution by the state in return for her testimony. › law The prosecution refers to the lawyers in a trial who try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime.

(Definition of prosecution n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)